Boys and Cars

My twelve year old son is in desperate need of a full size bed. I have officially been the shortest one in the house for quite some time....unless you count the dog?  I am so fortunate to have men in the home  with no opinion on decorating and details. Because of this, I am feeling guilty for letting my son have a childlike room for far too long.
I was reading Pam's blog the other day, and remember the fantastic makeover she did on her son's room. I will definitely be copying her bed transformation.

Simple Details

The bed will be the easiest part of the transformation. One of the reasons I have procrastinated on his room is because he loves NASCAR!  Look, I don't know how it happened, and somehow it must be my husband's fault. No offense to all of you race car lovers....I can't understand how watching cars drive around a track 500 times is exciting? Then again, I hate all sports equally...except tennis, even though I still never figured out how the scoring goes.
Here are some of the mature boys rooms I like.

DKOR Interiors

Taylor Lombardo

Masterpiece Design Group

GRADE

Tobi Fairley

Now if I could only figure out how to incorporate this guy into it.

This is Kyle Busch, my son's favorite driver. It's a shame he isn't more attractive....hear me out...I figured since I am the one bringing in the laundry on an almost weekly daily basis, I deserve a little eye candy. Are you with me on this one? Sorry, Kyle...I'm sure you don't read my blog... so no worries.
My daughter and I like this guy.

This is Jimmie Johnson, arch rival to Kyle Busch. Putting an image of Jimmy Johnson in my son's room is like hanging a Red Sox banner on Yankee Stadium.

Maybe it could happen? 
Any ideas on how I can decorate around NASCAR while keeping the room mature and not childlike?  Can you figure out a way for me to squeeze Jimmy Johnson into the room?
On the remote chance that my husband stumbled upon my blog today....sorry you accidentally found this. You are going to love your Father's day gift ;).

Wall decal - FINISHED!

A short while back, I started this project

and now for the after

Here are my suggestions, and what I did wrong;

DON'T flip the original design. If you need a decal from left to right, buy one that way. The one I bought looked like this.

Read ALL the directions first. I seldom resemble this remark. It is a must, especially if it is going on freshly painted walls.

Use painters tape to lay out the design on the wall before you "go for it".

Finally, it is OK to have extra pieces.

Have a Creative Weekend!

I'm in the knob know now

This weekend, I brought home a selection of knobs from Anthropologie

They are all beautiful. However, only one of them could make the cut. So, one by one, they auditioned on the piece of furniture. Finally, the perfect choice was made

Sometimes less is more. Actually, none of the "green's" were a match.

 

 Happy Monday!

Wall Decal for the Tween Room

As part of a room makeover, my tween wanted a wall decal. You know the kind, they are in many stores and on television quite a bit. She wanted this one

so we purchased it here. They custom color any combination you want. It came from China, the stamps on the box were so cool looking, and didn't seem to take all that long. Here is our (when I say "our", I mean me doing all the work and the tween giving it her stamp of approval)  progress so far

 

you will notice that we flipped the image. Not a great idea. This is what makes this one of the most time consuming projects that I have ever done! Check back for the finished project, if I ever finish!